| Why
was there an Industrial Revolution in Britain?
What was the factory system?
A case study of Quarry Bank Mill |
All 'Think' and 'Step' questions 1-4.
Thinking your enquiry through with a big difference!
Build a hypertext website in answer to the question 'why was
Quarry Bank Mill so successful. The Little Story (a chronicle of
QBM) becomes your homepage.
See student websites from 2001
Student Website Gallery: websites
made since 2001 Student website assessment
sheet. How much money can you make as a Victorian
entrepreneur! Complete this simulation
from Mr Tarr's website: 
In
this game, you take on the role of a Victorian businessman -
Horatio Ramsbottom - who is keen to make a fortune.
You will have to take a series of tough decisions about how to
run your business, and at the end of the game you will be told
how much profit you made. |
| Minds and Machines Chapter
3 |
| University of the West of England, Bristol Video
Quarry Bank Mill at Styal; |
| Quarry
Bank Mill official website; |
| Whitby
High School's Quarry Bank Mill site; |
| Michael
Oates' Mavica images and video of QBM; |
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Spartacus
on the textile industry; |
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Spartacus
on Samuel Greg.
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| Time
Detectives 3D source based activities using VRML (you
will need to download software). |
| Try these BBC
Flash animations |
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This
explains how steam powered cotton spinning at QBM |
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This challenges you to
become a successful cotton entrepreneur |
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